Former President Clinton is optimistic on the chances for bipartisan support for a health care bill, he told Bloomberg.
“It would be good if [Sen. Max Baucus] could get some Republican support,” Clinton said. “I believe he’ll get Snowe and he could get Collins and he might get three or four others.”
But, he warned, most Republicans will only vote for it if they see it as inevitable.
“If they believe a bill is going to pass, some of them will vote for it,” Clinton said. “And if they believe they have a chance to keep any bill from passing, they will be put under excruciating pressure to vote against whatever is there for reasons that have nothing to do with health care and have everything to do with politics. I’ve been through this. I’ve seen it.”